His personality, and his ability to speak, and
his ability to represent the other side,
the opposition to Roosevelt, really. And
he had a magnetic quality that attracted
people, too. You have to have this in
politics. If you're opposition is very
magnetic, which it certainly was, you
have to have this.

Well, later, I saw that the Republican point of
view that Wendell finally had to espouse
in the campaign was too conservative for
the country and for me, and in 1944 I
voted for Roosevelt and have been a
Democrat ever since.

But at any rate at this particular party he was
there. I did realize that these two men,
Simpson and Mack, had political
influence in the state and that they
might be helpful to Wendell, and I
remember consciously trying to bring
them together at that time.

There were a large number of other people there,
including Albert Lasker and possibly
Margaret Sanger, I'm not sure, and
possibly Menninger. We had a party with
them and I can't remember whether it was
that night or not, but if it's of any
interest I can look in one of these
books and find out.

Let's see, there was also David Sarnoff and many
other people. It was a large party.

Q:

Did you give many parties like that? Very
interesting ones with a galaxy
of....

Lasker:

Quite often. Usually, a large one, once a year,
yes, like that, with Kay Swift, and she
often gave parties with great